Finishing and lustering machine.



X. BOSSART. FINISHING AND LUSTERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1906.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

INVENTOR, 76 M,

A TORNEYS 'rHlt NORRIS PETERS co., wumuanm, n. :4

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XAVER BOSSART, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SILK THREADFINISHING 00., OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FINISHING AND LUSTERING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1905.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Serial No. 251,442.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Keven Bossau'r, a citizen of the Republic ofSwitzerland, residing in Paterson, county of Passaic, and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finishingand Lustering Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for finishing, lustering and windingsilk and other textile filaments, and it has for its object to improveon apparatus of this nature at present in use with a view to increasingthe efficiency of the apparatus and to bringing out better results inthe quality of the product.

To this end, my invention consists in treating the filaments to finishand luster the same, as well as in the several novel features andcertain combinations and arrangements thereof.

Iteferring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of theapparatus; and, Fig. 2 is a plan view.

It will be understood that suitable means is provided for drawing thethreads longitudinally from the supply therefor over the apparatus shownin the drawings.

In said drawings, (Z is a suitable support on which rests a steam-chest(Z d designates brackets carrying a receptacle (Z which'is divided intotwo compartments by a partition (Z the receptacle may be adjustedvertically by nuts 6 screwed onto threaded stems e which support blocks6 e on which the receptacle d directly rests. The threads are led fromtheir supply through eyelets e on the block 6 then down under a rod f,which rests in sockets f below the level of a suitable liquid in thereceptacle, then through a reed f then over a sponge f disposed in atrough f on partition Z then over a rod 9 covered with felt g or otherabsorbent material, then through another reed 9 (not shown in Fig. 2).The threads are thus caused to take up some of the solution, thesuperfluous portion of which is afterward successively removed by thesponge f and felt covered rod g. The trough f is perforated as at 9, sothat the portion of the solution which is wiped off by the sponge andcollects in the trough runs into a. different compartment of receptacled from that in which the solution is primarily placed. After passingthrough reed 9 the threads extend over a steamchest 9 which isperforated at the top (Fig. 6) so that live steam moistens the threads.Such moistening may have different effects, according to the nature ofthe solution used; in the adaptation shown it. is intended to assist inthe removal of more of the superfluous solution clinging to the threadsby softening it, such superfluous portion of the so lution being takenup by an absorbent belt h which is passed around the steam-chest g anddips into a vessel 7L2 containing water or other cleaning solution. Fromtime to time, as the belt becomes laden with the solution, it may beadvanced on the steam-chest g to presenta fresh surface to the threads.

h is a felt pad on chest (Z over which the threads next pass, and 72; isan inlaid plate of copper or some such metal affected by heatdifferently from the metal of the steamchest. The purpose of thesteam-chest g, and the devices 71, and 7% is to gradually heat thethreads on their way from the bath to the top surface of the steam-chestd over which they finally pass, so that they are not subjected to ashock of a sudden change of temperature.

For some purposes, according to the solution used, it may be desirableto moisten the threads after they leave the steam-chest (Z For thispurpose, another perforated steamchest 7L and absorbent belt 13,corresponding to the steam-chest and belt h, may be placed at thefarther end of the steam chest, as seen in Fig. 6.

2' denotes the piping by which the steamchests are supplied with steam.

As the threads are not intended to engage the steam-chest g in case thebelt h is not used, the receptacle (Z may be adjusted vertically so thatthe threads fully clear the steam-chest.

It will be understood that the parts 9 and h operate as well as theparts 7L3 and 71, to

make the rise in tennaerature of the threads 1 gradual as the threadsproceed from the solution-containing receptacle to the point where theyreceive the highest heat effects from the steam chest. But this is notthe only function of parts 9 and 71.; these parts,

- by subjecting the threads to heat and moisture (in the form of steam)at a point intermediate that where the threads take up the solution andthat where they receive the highest heat effects from the table, makethe solution on the threads take a more regular character and smoothercondition than it we as it comes from the receptacle before it can dryon contact with the steam chest, so that any tendency for the solutionto dry on the threads in globules or other irregular form, tending tomake the threads uneven and rough as heretofore, is prevented.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machine for finishing and lustering textile filaments, thecombination, with a bath for containing liquid in which the fila mentsare to be immersed, and a heated thread contact surface over which thefilaments are arranged to travel, of an absorber arranged between thebath and the contact surface, said absorber being provided internallywith heating means, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for finishing and lustering textile filaments, thecombination, with a bath for containing liquid in which the filamentsare to be immersed, and a heated thread contact surface over which thefilaments are arranged to travel, of a heated absorber arranged betweenthe bath and the contact surface and comprising a felt covered steampipe, substantially as described.

3'. In a machine for finishing and lustering textile filaments, thecombination, with a bath for containing liquid in which the filamentsare to be immersed, and a heated thread contact surface over which thefilaments are arranged to travel, of a heated absorber arranged betweenthe bath and the contact surface and comprising a felt coveredperforated steam pipe, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a suitable support, a heated thread-contactsurface, a solutioncontaining receptacle, and means for subj ecting thethreads to a temperature intermediate between that of the solution andthat of said heated surface and for simultaneously moistening thethreads, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a suitable support, a heated thread-contactsurface, a solutioncontaining receptacle, and means for sub jecting thethreads to a temperature intermediate between that of the solution andthat of said surface and for steaming the threads, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination of a suitable support, means for treating the threadsin a suitable solution, a heated thread-contact surface, and means forsubjecting the threads to a steam bath subsequent to receiving thesolution treatment and before reaching said heated surface,substantially as described.

7. The combination of a suitable support, a heated thread contactsurface, a solutioncontaining receptacle, means for subjecting thethreads to a temperature intermediate between that of the solution andthat of said heated surface and for simultaneously moistening thethreads and means for removing the superfluous portion of the solutionupon the threads leaving said receptacle, substantially as described.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 25th day of February, 1905.

XAVER BOSSART. Witnesses ALFRED GARTNER, JOHN W. STEWARD.

